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Kandharvan
''Kandharvan'' is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Salangai Durai and starring Kathir and Honey Rose. Cast Production The film began production in 2009. Kathir, who played a lorry driver in Salangai Durai's earlier film '' Kathavarayan'' (2008), was cast in this film as a water tank lorry driver. He practised lorry driving for the film. This was Malayalam actress Honey Rose's second Tamil film after '' Mudhal Kanave'' (2007), but the delay of the film meant that this was her fourth Tamil film after '' Singam Puli'' (2011). The climax was shot in Chennai. Soundtrack The music was composed by Malayalam composer Alex Paul in his Tamil debut. Reception A critic from ''The New Indian Express'' wrote that "The director’s earlier debut film ''Kathavarayan'' was a far better effort than this one". A critic from ''Dinamalar ''Dinamalar'' is an Indian Tamil daily newspaper. It was founded in 1951 by T. V. Ramasubba Iyer. ''Dinamalar'' ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salangai Durai
Salangai Durai is an Indian film director and producer, who has directed Tamil language films. He became known for the rural drama '' Kathavarayan'' (2008), and has gone on to make feature films including ''Kandharvan'' (2014) and ''Kadathal'' (2023). Career After working as a television director and a dialogue writer in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Salangai Durai made his directorial debut with '' Kathavarayan'' (2008) starring Karan and Vidisha. The film opened to negative reviews, with a critic noting "debutant director Salangai Durai may not have made a dream debut but this start is not disappointing." In early 2009, Durai began work on '' Kantharvan'', a love story narrating the tale of a romance between a lorry driver and a college girl, starring Kathir - who had featured in a small role in ''Kathavarayan''- and Honey Rose. The film had a delayed release in 2014. In 2019, Durai began work on a police procedural film titled ''EPCO 302'' starring Kasthuri in the lead ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Paul
Alex Paul is an Indian music director who works in Malayalam cinema. He has composed music for fifty films. Personal life Alex is the son of M. A. Paul, a music artist who formed the first orchestra (in Malayalam: 'ganamela') troupe in Kochi & Philomina. He is the younger brother of Lal, of the directing duo Siddique-Lal, and it was in Lal's film ''Chathikkatha Chanthu'' (2004) that Alex debuted as musical director. Career He learnt musical instruments from Kalabhavan, Kochi. He started his own studio, where he composed music for several music albums and for TV serials. Alex made his film debut as music director with Rafi Mecartin's Chathikkatha Chanthu. At the age of 20, he started a music institute named, Tune of Hearts. When he was 29, he started a recording studio. On 14 October 2013, he started music technology institute, National Institute of Music Technology (NIMT). Discography *''Makkal Mahathamyam'' (1992) *''Chathikkatha Chanthu'' (2004) *''Black'' (2004) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganja Karuppu
Karuppu Raja, known for his stage name Ganja Karuppu (born 5 January 1976), is an Indian actor who has predominantly appeared in comedy roles in Tamil cinema. After making his debut in Bala's ''Pithamagan'' (2003), Ganja Karuppu experienced success in the late 2000s with his roles in '' Raam'' (2005), ''Sivakasi'' (2005), '' Paruthiveeran'' (2007), '' Subramaniyapuram'' (2008) and '' Naadodigal'' (2009). Career Karuppu was introduced as an actor by director Bala in ''Pithamagan'' (2003) as a person who works in the ganja plantations. As a result of the role, he was thereafter credited in films as Ganja Karuppu. In the 2000s, he subsequently was regularly cast in rural films by directors, working on notable films including Ameer's '' Raam'' (2005) and '' Paruthiveeran'' (2007), Sasikumar's '' Subramaniapuram'' (2008), Samuthirakani's '' Naadodigal'' (2009) and Sargunam's '' Kalavani'' (2010). During the period, he was also cast in the second lead role in Chimbudevan's '' A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadhal Dhandapani
Kadhal Dhandapani (17 April 1943 – 20 July 2014) was an Indian actor who appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu and Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. He rose to fame portraying the antagonist in Balaji Sakthivel's ''Kaadhal'' (2004), and is credited with the film's name as a prefix. He died on 20 July 2014 owing to a cardiac arrest. Career Before entering films, Dhandapani was a businessman in Dindigul. Along with his various businesses, he was actively involved in various honorary postings in the town. In 2004 he was selected by film director Balaji Sakthivel to play the role of lead actress Sandhya's father in ''Kaadhal''. This was his film breakthrough, and led to an acting career spanning more than 200 films. Dhandapani's films include Sathyaraj's ''Englishkaran'', Myskin's ''Chithiram Pesuthadi'', Jayam Ravi's ''Unakkum Enakkum'', Vijay's ''Velayudham'', Raghava Lawrence's ''Muni'', Arya's ''Vattaram'' and Sivakarthikeyan's ''Varuthapadatha Valibar Sanga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranjini Jose
Ranjini Jose (born 4 April 1984) is an Indian playback singer, lending her voice to several songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi languages. In a career spanning over 20 years, she has sung in over 200 films and has acted in more than a couple, including the 2017 drama Basheerinte Premalekhanam. After getting a break in the Chorus Peters Chochin Chorus Troupe in 1998, she made her Playback singing debut in the Malayalam cinema Melevaryathe Malakhakkuttikal, beside K. S. Chithra. Life Ranjini was born on 4 April 1984 in Chennai to Film producer Babu Jose and singer and bank employee C. K. Jayalakshmi. She was brought up in Chennai, moving to Kochi after a few years. Ranjini did her schooling in three different schools, Sacred Heart Church Park in Chennai, MET Public School in Perumbavoor and Bhavans Vidya Mandir, Elamakkara. She considers her school life to be the most comfortable time of her life, where she grew up listening to various musicians like Ilayaraja, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Romantic Drama Films
Indian or Indians may refer to: Associated with India * of or related to India ** Indian people ** Indian diaspora ** Languages of India ** Indian English, a dialect of the English language ** Indian cuisine Associated with indigenous peoples of the Americas * Indigenous peoples of the Americas ** First Nations in Canada ** Native Americans in the United States ** Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean ** Indigenous languages of the Americas Places * Indian, West Virginia, U.S. * The Indians, an archipelago of islets in the British Virgin Islands Arts and entertainment Film * ''Indian'' (film series), a Tamil-language film series ** ''Indian'' (1996 film) * ''Indian'' (2001 film), a Hindi-language film Music * Indians (musician), Danish singer Søren Løkke Juul * "The Indian", an unreleased song by Basshunter * "Indian" (song), by Sturm und Drang, 2007 * "Indians" (song), by Anthrax, 1987 * Indians, a song by Gojira from the 2003 album '' The Link'' Other uses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinamalar
''Dinamalar'' is an Indian Tamil daily newspaper. It was founded in 1951 by T. V. Ramasubba Iyer. ''Dinamalar'' has an average circulation of 689,773 ( ABC Jan–Jun 2022). History Dinamalar was founded by T. V. Ramasubbaiyer on 6 September 1951 at Thiruvananthapuram. The operations were moved to Tirunelveli in 1957. Circulation The newspaper is printed in 10 cities in Tamil Nadu namely Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai, Nagercoil, Pondicherry, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore and Bangalore. As of Jun 2022, the newspaper has a circulation of 1,731,8959 and more than 2 million epaper subscribers. Content The investigative journal Cobrapost released an undercover investigation and video which exposed the executives of Dinamalar speaking of promoting Hindutva and promoting the agenda of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Indian Express
''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naidu. Santwana Bhattacharya was appointed Editor-in-Chief on 1 July 2022, replacing G.S. Vasu. History ''Indian Express'' was first published on 5 September 1932, in Madras (now Chennai) by an ayurveda, Ayurvedic doctor and Indian National Congress member P Varadarajulu Naidu, publishing from the same Publisher, press where he ran the ''Tamil Nadu'' Tamil weekly. But soon, on account of financial difficulties, he sold it to S. Sadanand, founder of ''The Free Press Journal'', another English newspaper. In 1933, ''The Indian Express'' opened its second office in Madurai and launched the Tamil language, Tamil daily ''Dinamani'' on 11 September 1934. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced the price, but later sold part of his stak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |